Top 10 Best Dutch Drama Series of All Time

Dutch drama production has made a huge leap in quality over the past fifteen years. With raw crime, relatable family drama and historical stories of international caliber, the Netherlands is watching homegrown series en masse. Vote for the best Dutch series!

Posted by michaelmayes · 0 votes · September 2, 2026

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#1

Penoza (2010-2017)

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Monic Hendrickx made TV history as Carmen van Walraven, a mother who has to take over a drug empire herself after her husband is assassinated, in order to protect her family.

#2

Mocro Maffia (2018-2024)

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Based on Wouter Laumans' book of the same name, this hard-hitting series showed the escalating underworld war in Amsterdam and launched countless young acting talents.

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Undercover (2019-2022)

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Tom Waes and Anna Drijver go undercover at a campsite in Limburg to infiltrate the circle of ecstasy baron Ferry Bouman, played by Frank Lammers.

#4

Oogappels (2019-present)

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Will Koopman's tragicomic drama series about four different families struggling with their teenage children won the Golden Televizier Ring in 2023.

#5

Overspel (2011-2015)

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A stylish psychological thriller about an extramarital affair between a photographer and a shady lawyer that has major consequences for two families.

#6

Hollands Hoop (2014-2020)

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Marcel Hensema plays a forensic psychiatrist who inherits a Groningen farmhouse and accidentally gets caught up in a gigantic cannabis plantation.

#7

Rundfunk (2015-2016)

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Yannick van de Velde and Tom van Kalmthout broke through with this utterly absurd, pitch-black sketch comedy about a bizarre high school.

#8

Klem (2017-2020)

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Barry Atsma and Jacob Derwig clash as a respectable tax director and a convicted criminal whose daughters become best friends.

#9

Het Jaar van Fortuyn (2022)

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Jeroen Spitzenberger and Ramsey Nasr gave masterful performances as Pim Fortuyn and Ad Melkert in the turbulent election year of 2002.

#10

Vliegende Hollanders (2020)

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A large-scale historical drama series about the origins of Dutch aviation through the rivalry between Anthony Fokker and Albert Plesman.

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